Check or ticket perforating device



G. J. GRUENBERGERQ CHECK 0R TICKET PERFORMING DEVICE- APPLICATION FILED APR. 17. 1920.

1,366,793, Patented Jan. 25', 1921.

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GEORGE J. GRUENBERGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF DIVE-HALF TO M. KALLIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINCIS.

CHECK OR TICKET PERFORATITG DEVICE.

Application filed April 17, 1920.

To all /10 222, it may concern Be it known that 1, Greece J. GRUEX- nnnonn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, look county, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check or Ticket Perforating Devices, of which the followin taken in connection with the drawings, is a description.

My invention has for its object the production of a check perforating device designed to be used in different lines of business where a purchase of any kind has been made, to indicate the amount thereof. the purchaser receiving the check or ticket and presenting it to the. cashier for payment of the amount indicated.

My device is particularly desirable for use in restaurants where the prices of articles of food are arranged for convenience in mu1- tiples of five, by means of which a large variety of prices may be printed or stamped upon a small check or strip of paper.

A further object of my invention is to provide a holder for a book or pad of checks or tickets of the kind referred to by means of which the checks are always convenient for use, the user simply detaches the top check and places it in alinement for perforation at the desired point to indicate the amount of the purchase price, when by a very simple operation the perforation is made through the check which is handed to the purchaser or patron.

A further object of my invention is to provide a, device of the kind specified which shall be exceedingly simple and cheap in its construction, comprises few parts and is very efficient for the purpose intended.

In. the accompanying drawings I have illustrated what I now consider the preferred embodiment of my invention and in these drawings Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of the device;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings A is a frame or holding device preferably formed of a single piece of metal bent at an upward angle at one end thereof, a, and having a retaining member a formed by bending the end of said metal in aline parallel with the body portion A, forming the recess 0?.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan, 25, 1921.

Serial No. 37%,535.

The opposite end of the elongated portion A has a slightly upturned lip a" near the end of which is an opening a The book or pad of checks or tickets B, which are preferably bound together by a staple 7) or otherwise at one end thereof, is inserted within the recess (0 and held in place by frictional engagement between the end member a and the body portion A of the frame. These checks or tickets are preferably perforated as at 6 across the bound. end thereof to facilitate removing one at a time as it is to be used.

13 is a strip of metal suitably attached at approximately the center of the body A by rivets, soldering, or otherwise, and which extend to the end of the elongated body portion A. Near the free end of this metal strip B is an upwardly projecting pin or stub b which forms a perforator for the checks or sales tickets.

A leaf spring C is arranged between the perforating member B and the bottom of the frame A, which is preferably attached by soldering or otherwise at one end thereof to the perforating member B. This spring C is provided with a perforation 0 through the free end thereof, which perforation is directly above the perforating pin or stud 7).

lV hen it is desired to punch a ticket or check the operator detaches the top ticket 5 from the pad B and inserts it between the lip 66 and the spring C in position shown in Fig. 2, the amount indicated on the check or ticket which the purchaser has to pay, will be brought above the perforating pin 6, when, by pressing the thumb and finger between which the lip-a and the end of the perforating member C is grasped, forces the perforating stud 0 through the check or ticket at the point desired, and the tension of the spring C will release the check which is then handed to the purchaser.

I claim 1. In a check perforating device, the combination of a holder formed of a single pieceof metal bent at an upward. angle at one end thereof, said holder having a retaining mem ber formed integrally therewith to provide a recess to receive a pad of tickets and hold the same by frictional engagement at one end thereof, the opposite end of said holder terminating in an upturned lip, said up turned lip having an opening therethrough, an elongated perforating strip attached to lip and having an opening therethrough, a perforating strip attached to one end of said holder, a perforating stud carried at the opposite end of said strip, a spring between said perforating strip and holder, I said spring having an opening registering with an opening in the holder through which the perforating stud is extended to perforate a ticket inserted between the lip and spring.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification.

GEORGE J. GRUENBERGER. 

